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Einstein studied at some of the finest universities in Europe then spent years working out his theories before presenting them for publication. He had to show that they agreed with all known observations and made predictions that differed from previous theories. Those predictions had to be confirmed before his theories were accepted.

 

The truth on the contrary is that Einstein failed in several subjects when he was studying for degree in Germany. These subjects included Mathematics and science subjects. He was forced to leave the university. He gave his theory of Special Relativity at an age of 23. For next 10 years, there was hardly any taker of his ideas. After 10 years he gave his General Theory of Relativity. It was then onwards that the world of Physics really showed interest in his theory of relativity. But it still continued to confound people leading which was the reason that he did never get a Nopbel for his theory of relativity. Einstein had a very poor knowledge of mathematics when he gave his special theory, and it was later that with the help of mathematicians like Gauss he studied mathematics, and gave his general theory.

 

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